Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-07 | Page 10 | Water Board Uncommitted

WATER BOARD tt UNCOMMITTED f tt f G V Members rs o of the Metropolitan tro r W ter D District board were on record rec- rec rec- rec 2 i. ord r Saturday a as uncommitted to any ny proposed sed projects In preparing a water program for tor the city The J board will conduct its own Investigations of all ll possible sources of supply before d deciding which projects should be undertaken d a r resolution signed by Herbert S. S Auerbach chairman read The resolution adopted by the directors Friday also alBo declared all al ni meetings will be p public except when a majority of board members feel teel an executive session is sary ry The resolution follows Whereas the board of directors of ot th the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City as a result of In Investigations Investigations In- In already conducted has concluded that Salt Lake City Is in serious erious need of additional water not only to assure an adequate and safe sae supply for the future use of 0 its ILi inhabitants but also aiso to satisfy Its Immediate necessities and u Whereas the board Is Js investigating ing carefully the m methods thodi of f con conserving con con- serving erving the supply already available availAble available avail avail- able as well as ag acquiring n necessary additional supplies now therefore e be belt it Resolved That the board continue continue continue con con- its investigations and determine determine deter deter- mine as speedily as possible which sources of supply appear worthy of detailed study and acquisition that thatto thatto thatto to these ends it obtain engineering and legal opinions from capable engineers engineers engineers' engineers en en- en- en and attorneys of Its own 5 selection and utilize all other available available avail avail- able sources of information Be it further Resolved That all al meetings of the board be public unless In special special ape ape- cial dat cases an executive session is 13 decided upon by a a majority of the theS S board Representatives of the board will attend a meeting Monday at 10 a.m. a.m. a. a m. m In the federal building called for the purpose of completing competing organIzation organization organization or or- of the Utah Lake L' Water Vater Users' Users association The meeting has been called by Abel John Evans chairman of the Utah Lake Water Users' Users committee commit commit- t tee e sponsoring committee for the ass association clation The subcommittee appointed weeks ago to represent the Metropolitan Metropolitan Metropolitan Metro Metro- politan Water district in the Utah Lake association includes George A. A Critchlow George D. D Keyser and Robert L. L Judd Mr Auerbach will represent Mr Judd absent from the city at the meeting Monday The Utah Lake Water Users' Users as assocIation association association as- as will be organized to conduct con con- duct preliminary negotiations in connection with the proposed 2 Utah lake project Clarifying action of city commissioners commissioners commis commis- in appointing Mayor Louis Marcus City Commissioner George I D. D Keyser City Engineer W. W D. D Beers and City Attorney Fisher Harris as municipal representatives on the Provo River Water Water- Users' Users association board of directors Mayor Marcus said The action in no manner binds Salt Lake City to any participation In the Deer creek project or any other project upon which the association association asso asso- association may sign a contract with the reclamation service The matter of city fives tives being named on the board was discussed and agreed upon by city commissioners several weeks ago but it was not until this w week ek that we discovered no formal action of the board of commissioners ratifying ratifying ratify ratify- ing the appointments had been made Any action Salt Lake City representatives representatives rep rep- upon the users' users association asso asso- elation clation board may take must be finally approved by directors directors' of the metropolitan water district and I also understand must be submitted by the water district directors to the voters for confirmation The fact that one share of stock in the association was subscribed In the name of each city representative tive is not binding upon Salt Lake City either cither It was done merely to qualify the city representatives on the users' users board of directors to vote 0 te